E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
Cobbler.
A drink made of wine (sherry), sugar, lemon, and ice. It is sipped up through a straw. (See COBBLER’S PUNCH.)
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“This wonderful invention, sir, … is called cobbler,—Sherry cobbler, when you name it long; cobbler when you name it short.”—Dickens: Martin Chuzzlewit, xvii.
